Archive for June, 2008
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Viñoly Unveils Renovation of London’s Battersea Power Station
26 Jun 2008[image via BD Online] This week saw Rafael Viñoly debut his proposed renovation of London’s much-loved Battersea Power Station. The…
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Ant Farm Media Van v.08 (Time Capsule)
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A Floating Room and Broken Architecture: The Work of Michael Elmgreen & Ingar Dragset
18 Jun 2008[Social Mobility (Staircase) - image via Galleri Nicolai Wallner] Suspended from two black balloons, a sparse white room floats to…
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Gehry On Campus and In the News
16 Jun 2008[image via NPR.org] Two Frank Gehry buildings—one existing and one proposed—have found their way into the news lately…and not for…
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Hadid Proposal: REJECTED
16 Jun 2008[images via The Architect's Journal] Zaha Hadid has proposed a very Zaha Hadid extension to the Middle East Centre at…
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The Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco
13 Jun 2008Some photos I’ve been meaning to post from last week’s press opening of the new CJM in San Francisco. More…
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A Little Perspective From Spider-man and Renzo Piano’s New York Times Building
12 Jun 2008[image via flickr usr thehighlandway] When I saw the photos last week of Alain Robert, “the French Spider-man,” scaling the…
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Truth’s Architectural Graffiti and Ornament as Crime
11 Jun 2008[original image viaTruth] A Polish artist working under the pseudonym “Truth” creates what is perhaps best described as architectural graffiti…
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Urban Objects 1
03 Jun 2008 -
“Whilst acting is my career, architecture is my passion. Selecting this development as my first major construction project has been a simple decision.”
02 Jun 2008So sayeth Brad Pitt, the most famous architecture aficionado in the world and the man who gives new meaning to…